Review of Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

5/5 Stars

I loved this book!

The lore/world building was a lot all at first and even finishing the book I would still have to go back a reread the lore to really understand the history of this book.

The writing is poetic, and the imagery is beautifully done.

Iris is not like the other girls. She has her flaws, trauma, and family issues. She has a purpose and end goal that she wants to achieve, and that makes her very driven.

Roman, the male protagonist/rival, is the rich guy who wants to one-up her in their job. Although secretly, he is in love with her. He acts like a school boy picking on his girl classmates pigtails.

The magical typewriting aspect was one of a kind, and I loved the unique magic system. I loved how this was the way of communicating between the two main characters and how they grew to get to know each other.

When the climax hits, the pace picks up extraordinarily. I feel the relationship was a bit rushed, but I understand why it was and am not mad about it. The ending was upsetting, but I see how it leads into the second book.

I stayed up till 3am finishing this book and I was giggling and kicking my feet all the way through.